Justin Morrison scored two first-period goals and Colin Zulianello made 21 saves in his first start of the season as Colorado College defeated Michigan Tech 3-1 on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Alex Kim scored the Tigers’ final goal and Paul Manning had two assists for CC (3-0-0, 3-0-0 WCHA). <\/p>\n
Jarrett Weinberger had the only goal for Tech (1-4-1, 1-4-0) and Brian Rogers turned in another impressive performance with 40 saves. <\/p>\n
The host Huskies failed to score on any of their seven power-play opportunities<\/p>\n
“I was pleased with our defensive play and our penalty-killing,” Colorado College coach Scott Owens said. “It isn’t very often that you’re going to give up that many power-play opportunities and still win the game.”<\/p>\n
Morrison opened the scoring at 7:31 of the opening period on an assist from defenseman Paul Manning. The play started at the other end when Zulianello made a brilliant save on a shorthanded breakaway by Weinberger. <\/p>\n
The Tigers made it 2-0 at the 17:24 mark when Morrison was credited with an unassisted goal that appeared to go off a Tech player before going into the net. <\/p>\n
Weinberger cut the lead to 2-1 when he scored on a rebound at 16:21 of the middle period. <\/p>\n
But Kim put the game away when he took a pass from Manning and beat Rogers up high to make it 3-1 at 14:29 of the final period.<\/p>\n
Said Michigan Tech coach Tim Watters: “They’re a great hockey team that really exposed some of our weaknesses tonight. I thought that the only guy that prepared himself to play a full 60 minutes tonight was Brian Rogers.”<\/p>\n
Rogers kept the Huskies in the game with several tremendous saves from close range while his team struggled to find some offense. <\/p>\n
Zulianello, who backed up Jeff Sanger in CC’s first two games, made the most of his season debut. “I thought he made a huge save on the breakaway before we scored the first goal,” Owens said. “That was a huge play. I thought he hung in there well, especially on the power-play opportunities.” <\/p>\n
The two teams meet again Saturday night at 7:35 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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